ERP SYSTEMS AND THE PARADOX OF CONTROL

9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 500-507

  Strong, Diane M ^a   Volkoff, Olga ^a   Elmes, Michael B ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP systems; grounded theory; managerial control; organizational change

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MANAGERS;

ERP IMPLEMENTATION; ERP SYSTEM; GROUNDED THEORY; IN-CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANAGERIAL CONTROL; ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROLS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 33751039509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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